7-Nov-05. U of A holds winning hand in video poker. Edmonton Journal, A1.

This article provides details about the work being undertaken on artificial intelligence at the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group. Poker-playing “bots” have been created that are starting to have success playing head-to-head challenge matches against professional poker players. PhD student Darse Billings says that poker is of interest to A.I. scientists as poker is a game of imperfect information.